Re: A not-so-happy return to the Med

On Aug 30, 5:17 am, Morcel Moreseaux <michaelnewp...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/crossing_continents/6966714.stm

A not-so-happy return to the Med
By Julian Pettifer
BBC Radio 4's Crossing Continents

According to English writer Samuel Johnson, "the grand object of all
travel is to see the shores of the Mediterranean."

A lifeguard hut on the beach at El' Estatit
The Med remains one of the world's most popular coastlines

In his day, that expression of love was harmless enough, but in recent
years, so many of us have been able to satisfy our desire to visit the
Med that we have loved her almost to death.

I was lucky, I knew her at her best. Fifty years ago, in 1957, I
hitchhiked my way around Spain and had the beaches almost to myself.
[snip]

First sign of old age. One starts to talk about how much better
things
were when they were young. Go back 50 years, old people were
complaining then too.

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